White Lightning Axiom: Redux

Ok, this woman apparently lives nearby the Haupertonian Manor and I wonder what it takes to stop this behavior:

An Upper Southampton woman with a long history of driving drunk pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges stemming from a fatal car crash.

Elizabeth Jovanovic, 41, of Willowpenn Drive, was sentenced to six months to 5 years in the county prison for her part in a Jan. 16 collision on Street Road, near Churchville Road.

The driver of the other car died in the crash. Police did not charge Jovanovic with homicide, however, because an investigation later showed that the woman also was driving drunk and had rolled through a stop sign into Jovanovic's path.

Ok, stop right there. What I'm getting from this is that not only was she drunk, but so was the other woman. When a body meets a body, a coming through the rye ...

"This is a very difficult case," said Judge Kenneth Biehn from his bench at the Bucks County Courthouse in Doylestown. "You are not charged with causing a death, but one can speculate as to whether, if you were sober, you could have reacted faster."

At the time of the accident, Jovanovic's blood alcohol content was .13, nearly double the legal limit of .08. The victim's BAC was not disclosed in court.

Jovanovic's attorney, Ronald Elgart, said Jovanovic was seriously injured in the crash and has been treated for depression in recent months.

A single mother of three boys, Jovanovic apologized for the crime and said she has been sober since the crash.

Yeah, mother of 3 boys. Listen, I have two kids and I have nearly ZERO time to be running about sucking down booze and then bouncing about the local roads. Even if I did have the gumption to do so, you know I would think twice about endangering the future of my kids by getting sent to jail for DWI or even getting myself killed. I do not think you can collect life insurance if you are killed in the act of committing a crime. This fits. Perhaps this short stay in the local hoosegow will help her remain sober, I just feel awful about her kids though. She has pretty much ruined their lives with this behavior.